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Apple’s extensions: Good or bad for the open web?

Some interesting twittering earlier today on the subject of Apple actually being worse than Microsoft for the Open Web. Seems like quite a provocative statement to me, and a concept worth discussing.

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HTML5 Audio/Video elements supported in iPhone 3.0?

Audio/Video appear on iPhone OS 3.0 slide
There may be a better information source, but I just noticed a photo from the Gizmodo iPhone OS 3.0 coverage, which at the top right includes “Audio/Video tags“. Unless I’m very much mistaken, this refers to the HTML5 elements being supported in Safari!

This would be my #1 wish in my recent wish list, so if true and supported properly, it could be awesome.

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border-radius for all!

Screenshot of rounded corner generator

One of CSS3’s most popular features is border-radius. The ease of just being able to specify your rounded corners in CSS is very appealing compared to using JavaScript or a bunch of bloated HTML to accomplish a simple effect. So here I will describe a CSS-only method we can use today that works in all four major browsers. Sadly, this does not include Internet Explorer, so I will include an alternative solution for it too.

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What I’d like to see in the next Mobile Safari (iPod/iPhone)

iPod touch with Safari
Here’s a list of things I’d like to see webkit for Mobile Safari to support. The browser currently meets a lot of my web-app needs, but I want more! And yes, I could just write my own real apps, but I’d prefer a way for developers to make things without having to pay for the privilege to do so. So here’s what I’m looking for: